Consuming Mexican Labor: From the Bracero Program to NAFTA

by Alicia C.S. Swords and Ronald L. Mize

Book Overview

Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new social problem. The history of Mexican labor migration to the United States, from the Bracero Program (1942-1964) to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), suggests that Mexicans have been actively encouraged to migrate northward when labor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442601574
• ISBN13: 9781442601574
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"